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Radiation induced adult medulloblastoma: a case report

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Adult medulloblastoma is a rare intracranial tumor. Our patient is a 61 year old woman treated with cranial irradiation 15 years previously for a low grade astrocytoma in the left posterior temporal lobe that was recently diagnosed with medulloblastoma in the right cerebellum. This is the first reported case of radiation induced adult medulloblastoma.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa Health Care, W189Z General Hospital, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA

    Terese L. Howes & John M. Buatti

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Patricia A. Kirby

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Thomas L. Carlisle

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA, USA

    Timothy C. Ryken

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Howes, T.L., Buatti, J.M., Kirby, P.A. et al. Radiation induced adult medulloblastoma: a case report. J Neurooncol 80, 191–194 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-006-9175-4

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